Concealed carry permits spike

First quarter of 2013 almost doubles 2012

1:44 AM,
May 3, 2013

Written by

Lance Lambert
| Cincinnati Enquirer

The number of concealed carry licenses issued in Ohio has spiked in the first three months of 2013, almost doubling the amount issued during the same period in 2012.

State data released Wednesday shows 31,407 licenses were issued in the first quarter, up 86.7 percent from the 16,823 issued in the first quarter of 2012. As a result, the state is on pace to double the 64,650 licenses issued in 2012.

"It is a dramatic increase in permits, we are close to half of what we had all of last year with only one quarter gone this year, a stunning increase," Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said in a telephone ...